In this hands-on lab, we use Visual Studio and C# to access a pre-created Azure Cognitive Service resource and have it identify named entities in a piece of text. All the code is already written. We simply need to configure the service endpoint and key, then run the code to perform the analysis.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Log In to the Azure Portal
Start by logging into the Azure Portal using the credentials given when the lab was started.
- Use RDP to Connect to the Visual Studio Virtual Machine
Use the Remote Desktop client to access the virtual machine using the provided credentials.
- Open and Configure Visual Studio
- Open Visual Studio using either the Start menu or the desktop icon.
- Use the credentials used to log in to the Azure Portal, not those used for the RDP authorization.
- Select the defaults for all other Visual Studio options. Be patient as this takes a few minutes to complete.
- Open the Visual Studio Solution
- Open the solution in the
c:codedirectory.
- Open the solution in the
- Configure the Endpoint and Key, Then Run the App
- Retrieve the endpoint and key for the Cognitive Service resource and place them in the code.
- Run the solution and examine the results.
